How it was found that the Dao hackers used shapeshift?
In a more practical exemple, how to find that 13qCK9VzJCicXeh47W59rh7A6tfun92Sr5 belongs to https://www.blockchain.com using only block explorer ...

After requesting for bitcoin it automatically sent to my blockchain wallet after that it was then sent out without my permission again to another address and it never arrived in my final balance but ...

I see a lot of questions and articles about why someone can't generate fake coins, maliciously attack the network, and essentially security discussions focused on the generation and interception of ...

It is my understanding that blockchain technology is decentralized meaning there is no middle man in transactions. This seems like it has benefits but it also has downsides. When necessary, middlemen ...

My bitcoin is stolen and following is how it happened?
A guy named, "David Robin" from Fremont,California US (obviously a fake one), connected in a social network told me that I can mine for bitcoin ...

If each bitcoin has a ledger (Peer to Peer) and contains all the transaction history since it was mined, then how come it can be stolen?
For example, Bitcoins were stolen by hackers from Mt. Gox. If ...

Given the potential for such a gigantic paradigm shift, something so accessible and so global could displace enormous amounts of value to large groups of people that previously had very little capital....

I had 4 coins on an old laptop and went to move them to a new wallet only to find out they had all been removed and sent elsewhere in 2014.
To: 1KM6rLnwgD67wRdMx9aVLRf1gfoNyCyv7Q
Debit: -3.93584800 ...

I am new to this and hate it. I had $2340 in US dollars to sell in bitcoins. I needed the cash desperately for rent and car payment and food, so went through BitZIZ to deposit the money into my PayPal ...

What prevents the following real-life robberies from happening in the future where Bitcoin or similar cryptocurrency is widely used?
Robber A goes to an infrequently-visited street vendor and buys a ...

Why won't we simply stop accepting payments from hacked accounts? We know their public addresses, right? Sure, hackers still will be able to compromise user's accounts, but at last that money won't be ...

Recently i purchased a Bitcoin from BITX, the South African Exchange for bitcoin. I purchased 28 Bitcoins from BITX. When they sent me the 28 Bitcoins to my Blockchain iOS app, the Bitcoins were in my ...

I've read about a lot of Bitcoin Heists and Thefts: from hackers that stole bitcoin from Exchange (Due to their poor security measures) or from Bitcoin users, to scam websites and so forth.
Some of ...

I just feel a gaping hole in my logic, or maybe a duplicate question, so I'm prepared to quickly remove this question.
I was wondering how theft could be prevented in an economy that relies primarily ...

So I read on bitcointalk the other day that there was a new coin about to be released (woo hoo right?!) and then they posted that somebody had stolen the genesis block.
What exactly does that mean?
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My btc-e account was hacked (or my passwords stolen from my computer). I was able to make screenshots while they were withdrawing my bitcoins. So i have the btc wallet adress where the money went to ...

When someone steals 25,000 BTC from a single user, everyone on the network can just watch the coins move around the public ledger, but no one can do anything about it.
Can't we do something about it? ...

When reading many stories about bitcoin theft, what is the usual gist? Dont most of these hackers get digital wallets that are encrypted? How do they make use of it, crack it...or its not encrypted at ...

One can easily generate vanity addresses for Bitcoin, but they can take quite awhile to generate. Outsourcing that process to someone with a strong mining rig is an option, but then one runs into the ...

Since Bitcoin's inception there have been several attacks on mining pools. There was the Linode problem, where some 46,000 BTC were stolen from pool accounts.
What are some other notable attacks on ...

Soon after Bitcoins became valuable enough to be worth stealing, I started seeing news about viruses/malware that steal Bitcoin wallets. Presumably, wallet encryption has reduced the level of this, ...